need help with mouse over movement

[domenique]

hi there,

i am in need of help with some code - i copied and pasted some old code into my file to make it move back and forth horizontally, and naturally it doesn't work. i originally got the code from a demonstration movie and i'm totally frustrated - what am i doing wrong?

i'm kind of a novice at this, if my post hasn't made this obvious...

the file is located at: http://www.littleigloo.com/hca_profiles05.fla

this was the original code; i can't get it to work:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (_root.navOpen = 0) {
direction = ((300-_root._xmouse)/20);
if (((this._x>=400) && (direction>0)) || ((this._x<=200) && (direction<0))) {
direction = 0;
}
this._x = this._x+direction;
}
}

the code i have in there now moves it back and forth, but goes off the screen. when i add more of the old code back in, it doesn't work any more. sigh...

it's late i know, i'm desperate. some help of what i can do to fix this is appreciated. thanks!! domenique.

[NTD]

Hi,

I only have FlashMX so I can't view the demo file. The one thing I do notice in your code is an incorrect use of the equality operator.......

if (_root.navOpen = 0)

A single "=" sign assigns a value

A double "==" sign compares a value

So, the corrected code(without really understanding what your trying to do)....... would look like.......

onClipEvent (enterFrame) { 
if (_root.navOpen == 0) { 
direction = ((300-_root._xmouse)/20); 
if &#40;&#40;&#40;this._x>=400&#41; && &#40;direction>0&#41;&#41; || &#40;&#40;this._x<=200&#41; && &#40;direction<0&#41;&#41;&#41; &#123; 
direction = 0; 
&#125; 
this._x = this._x+direction; 
&#125; 
&#125;

Hope it helps
NTD

[domenique]

it was a flash mx professional file, maybe it needs to be resaved. i tried the code and it didn't work for what i need - i need the movie clip in the 1st frame to move horizontally in both directions. thanks for looking at it tho : ) dom.

[NTD]

Hi,

FlashMX and FlashMX2004 are different versions. Flash is backward compatable meaning FlashMX2004 can view FlashMX files but not vice versa. If your referring to a mouse based position scroller, maybe something like this.....

function accelScroller(myTarget) {
	myMiddle = Stage.width/2;
	this.onEnterFrame = function() {
		moveDist = myMiddle-_root._xmouse;
		trace(moveDist);
		myTarget._x += moveDist/10;
		if (myTarget._x>Stage.width) {
			myTarget._x = 0;
		&#125; else if &#40;myTarget._x<0&#41; &#123;
			myTarget._x = Stage.width;
		&#125;
	&#125;
&#125;
//Usage
accelScroller&#40;_root.mcInstanceName&#41;;